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Full-Text Articles in Christianity
Ecumenical Dialogue Between Reformers And Orthodox Under The Ottomans (15-16th Century), Svetoslav Svetoszarov Ribolov
Ecumenical Dialogue Between Reformers And Orthodox Under The Ottomans (15-16th Century), Svetoslav Svetoszarov Ribolov
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
Despite the capture of Constantinople by the Ottomans in 1453, the Orthodox Church continued to make contacts with the West. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Patriarchs Joasaph II and Jeremias II had ecumenical contacts and theological dialogues with two generations of Reformers. Martin Luther and Melanchthon, and later Martin Crusius, Jakob Andrеä, and their associates in Wittenberg took up the initiative for a serious ecumenical dialogue with Constantinople. Despite a sincere desire on both sides, lack of a common methodological framework in the talks did not allow for significant results. In the end, both sides did not …
Many Healings Of The Woman With The Flow Of Blood, Ekaterina Lomperis
Many Healings Of The Woman With The Flow Of Blood, Ekaterina Lomperis
Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary
With the emergence of the modern quest for the historical Jesus, theologians began increasingly questioning traditional views of Jesus as a healer of human bodies. While a growing suspicion of Jesus’s role as a literal healer of the body is commonly traced to the influence of the Enlightenment, in this essay, I will suggest that the roots of this theological marginalization run deeper, in the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformations, when supernatural did not yet equal superstitious. The essay will examine two representative exegeses of the healing of the woman with the flow of blood in Mark 5:25–34, offered by Martin Luther …
Evolution Of A Protestant Theology Institution In Croatia: From Private Church College To University Center, Lidija Matošević, Marina Schumann, Enoh Šeba
Evolution Of A Protestant Theology Institution In Croatia: From Private Church College To University Center, Lidija Matošević, Marina Schumann, Enoh Šeba
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
The focus of this case study is the Faculty of Theology “Matthias Flacius Illyricus” (Teološki fakultet “Matija Vlačić Ilirik” – TFMVI) in Zagreb, founded by two minority religious communities: the Lutheran Church and the Baptist Union. The authors’ premise is that by examining over forty years of the institution’s existence, prominent trends and attitudes can be identified that continue to shape the interaction between churches and the state within Croatian society, where the Roman Catholic Church represents the overwhelming majority. The authors begin with a historical overview of the position of churches under the Communist regime in Yugoslavia, with particular …
Why On Earth Does “Tongue(S)” Become Ecstatic Speech?, Ekaputra Tupamahu
Why On Earth Does “Tongue(S)” Become Ecstatic Speech?, Ekaputra Tupamahu
Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary
This chapter deals with the history of interpretation. Why is the phenomenon of “tongue(s)” in the New Testament understood today as ecstatic speech? In the history of interpretation, there are two major modes of reading the phenomenon of speaking in tongue(s) in the New Testament: the “missionary-expansionist” and the “romantic-nationalist” modes of reading. The earliest readers of the New Testament up until those of the mid-nineteenth century commonly understood the phenomenon of tongue(s) as a miraculous ability to speak in foreign languages—often called xenolalia—for the purpose of expanding Christianity and preaching the gospel. The shift in understanding began to …
Foster's "A Life Of Alexander Campbell" (Book Review), Leslie R. Starasta
Foster's "A Life Of Alexander Campbell" (Book Review), Leslie R. Starasta
The Christian Librarian
No abstract provided.
Book Review: Isolde Thyrȇt, Saint-Making In Early Modern Russia: Religious Tradition And Innovation In The Cult Of Nil Stolobenskii, Paul Crego
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Tyson's "Praying With The Wesleys: Foundations Of Methodist Spirituality" (Book Review), Craighton Hippenhammer
Tyson's "Praying With The Wesleys: Foundations Of Methodist Spirituality" (Book Review), Craighton Hippenhammer
The Christian Librarian
No abstract provided.
Meals, Mouths, And Martyrs: Paulinus Of Nola And Sacrificial Spaces (Chapter 6 Of Food, Virtue, And The Shaping Of Early Christianity), Dana Robinson
Meals, Mouths, And Martyrs: Paulinus Of Nola And Sacrificial Spaces (Chapter 6 Of Food, Virtue, And The Shaping Of Early Christianity), Dana Robinson
Faculty Publications - Department of History and Politics
In January 406, Paulinus of Nola devotes his twelfth Natalicium, or birthday poem, in honor of St. Felix’s festival day (Carm. 20), to three miracle stories about local farmers and devotees of the saint.1 Each one vows to bring a fattened animal – two pigs and a calf, respectively – to the shrine of Felix as a devotional offering. After much misadventure, and thanks only to Felix’s intervention, each one successfully performs his vow. The first “cuts the throat of the fat beast he had vowed, as men bound by a promise do.” The second brings a pig who “demands …
Williams' "Matthew: Interpreted By Early Christian Commentators" (Book Review), Kyle D. Diroberts
Williams' "Matthew: Interpreted By Early Christian Commentators" (Book Review), Kyle D. Diroberts
The Christian Librarian
No abstract provided.
Laing's "Retrieving History: Memory And Identity Formation In The Early Church" (Book Review), Rusty Tryon
Laing's "Retrieving History: Memory And Identity Formation In The Early Church" (Book Review), Rusty Tryon
The Christian Librarian
No abstract provided.
Hurtado's "Ancient Jewish Monotheism And Early Christian Jesus-Devotion: The Context And Character Of Christological Faith" (Book Review), Kenneth Litwak
Hurtado's "Ancient Jewish Monotheism And Early Christian Jesus-Devotion: The Context And Character Of Christological Faith" (Book Review), Kenneth Litwak
The Christian Librarian
No abstract provided.
Rohmann's "Christianity Book-Burning And Censorship In Late Antiquity: Studies In Text Transmission" (Critical Book Review), Joseph Baumstarck Jr.
Rohmann's "Christianity Book-Burning And Censorship In Late Antiquity: Studies In Text Transmission" (Critical Book Review), Joseph Baumstarck Jr.
The Christian Librarian
No abstract provided.
The Mystery Of The Incarnation: Towards A Reconciliation Of Cyril And Nestorius, Kyle Williams
The Mystery Of The Incarnation: Towards A Reconciliation Of Cyril And Nestorius, Kyle Williams
Seminary Masters Theses
This thesis studies the fifth-century christological controversy surrounding Cyril of Alexandria (c. 378-444) and Nestorius of Constantinople (c. 381-451) and their debate around the person and nature of Jesus Christ, sparked by the theotokos dispute. At the First Council of Ephesus (431) the christologies of these two bishops and theologians were pitted against each other, and have since been studied in contrast to one another. The goal of this study is to examine the christologies of Cyril and Nestorius with the intention to seek reconciliation between the two. In the Introduction I first orient the reader to the problem and …
Shaw's "Christianity: The Biography, 2000 Years Of Global History" (Book Review), Joseph Baumstarck
Shaw's "Christianity: The Biography, 2000 Years Of Global History" (Book Review), Joseph Baumstarck
The Christian Librarian
No abstract provided.
Trueman's "Grace Alone: Salvation As A Gift Of God" (Book Review), Robert Lancaster
Trueman's "Grace Alone: Salvation As A Gift Of God" (Book Review), Robert Lancaster
The Christian Librarian
No abstract provided.
Blackhouse's "Kierkegaard: A Single Life" (Book Review), Kristin Vargas
Blackhouse's "Kierkegaard: A Single Life" (Book Review), Kristin Vargas
The Christian Librarian
Backhouse, S. (2016). Kierkegaard: A single life. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. 304 pp. $24.99. ISBN 9780310520887
Bennett's "Using The Bible In Practical Theology: Historical And Contemporary Perspectives" (Book Review), Jeff Gates
Bennett's "Using The Bible In Practical Theology: Historical And Contemporary Perspectives" (Book Review), Jeff Gates
The Christian Librarian
Bennett, Z. (2014). Using the Bible in practical theology: Historical and contemporary perspectives. New York: Routledge. 160 pp. $31.96. ISBN 9781472456229
Wendell And Miller's "Torah Ethics And Early Christian Identity" (Book Review), Elijah Hosse
Wendell And Miller's "Torah Ethics And Early Christian Identity" (Book Review), Elijah Hosse
The Christian Librarian
A review of Wendel, S. J., & Miller, D. M. (Eds.). (2016). Torah ethics and early Christian identity. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. 271 pp, $35.00. ISBN 9780802873194
Wilken's "The Christian Roots Of Religious Freedom" (Book Review), Paul Hartog
Wilken's "The Christian Roots Of Religious Freedom" (Book Review), Paul Hartog
The Christian Librarian
A review of Wilken, R. L. (2014). The Christian roots of religious freedom. Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press. 55 pp. $15.00. ISBN 9780874625006
Bird's "An Anomalous Jew: Paul Among The Jews, Greeks, And Romans" (Book Review), Joseph Baumstarck Jr.
Bird's "An Anomalous Jew: Paul Among The Jews, Greeks, And Romans" (Book Review), Joseph Baumstarck Jr.
The Christian Librarian
A review of Bird, M. F. (2016). An anomalous Jew: Paul among the Jews, Greeks, and Romans. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. 310 pp. $28.00. ISBN 9780802867698
Strivens' "Philip Doddridge And The Shaping Of Evangelical Dissent" (Book Review), Paul Hartog
Strivens' "Philip Doddridge And The Shaping Of Evangelical Dissent" (Book Review), Paul Hartog
The Christian Librarian
A review of Strivens, R. (2016). Philip Doddridge and the shaping of evangelical dissent. Ashgate studies in evangelicalism. New York: Routledge. 201 pp. $87.96. ISBN 9781472440754
Shenoute’S Feast: Monastic Ideology, Lay Piety, And The Discourse Of Food In Late Antiquity, Dana Robinson
Shenoute’S Feast: Monastic Ideology, Lay Piety, And The Discourse Of Food In Late Antiquity, Dana Robinson
Faculty Publications - Department of History and Politics
In the fourth and fifth centuries c.e., food provides a dense and value-laden web of meaning which lay and monastic Christians use to negotiate their identity with the culture at large, but also vis-à-vis each other. The works of Shenoute of Atripe are a valuable source of insight into the workings of this discourse in a Christian community, since they embrace both internal monastic instruction (the Canons) and public sermons (the Discourses). The first half of this paper constructs Shenoute’s ideology of the Christian meal in terms of the larger discourse of food in which it participates. He …
Kennedy's "The First American Evangelical: A Short Life Of Cotton Mather" (Book Review), Robert W. Caldwell Iii
Kennedy's "The First American Evangelical: A Short Life Of Cotton Mather" (Book Review), Robert W. Caldwell Iii
The Christian Librarian
A review of Kennedy, R. (2015). The first American Evangelical: A short life of Cotton Mather. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. 162 pp. $17.00. ISBN 9780802872111
Harton's "Orthodoxy And Heresy In Early Christian Contexts: Reconsidering The Bauer Thesis" (Book Review), Mark Hanson
Harton's "Orthodoxy And Heresy In Early Christian Contexts: Reconsidering The Bauer Thesis" (Book Review), Mark Hanson
The Christian Librarian
A review of Harton, P. A. (Ed.). (2015). Orthodoxy and heresy in early Christian contexts: Reconsidering the Bauer thesis. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications. 288 pp. $32.00. ISBN 9781610975049
Blumell And Wayment's "Christian Oxyrhynchus: Texts, Documents, And Sources" (Book Review), Joseph Baumstarck Jr.
Blumell And Wayment's "Christian Oxyrhynchus: Texts, Documents, And Sources" (Book Review), Joseph Baumstarck Jr.
The Christian Librarian
A review of Blumell, L.H., & Wayment, T.A. (Eds.). (2015). Christian Oxyrhynchus: Texts, documents, and sources. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press. 756 pp. $89.95. ISBN 9781602585393
Quarles' "Illustrated Life Of Paul" (Book Review), Paul Roberts
Quarles' "Illustrated Life Of Paul" (Book Review), Paul Roberts
The Christian Librarian
A review of Quarles, C. L. (2014). Illustrated life of Paul. Nashville, TN: B & H Publishing Group. 300 pp. $29.99 ISBN: 9780805494532
Adams' "The Earliest Christian Meetings Places: Almost Exclusively Houses?" (Book Review), Paul Hartog
Adams' "The Earliest Christian Meetings Places: Almost Exclusively Houses?" (Book Review), Paul Hartog
The Christian Librarian
A review of Adams, E. (2016). The earliest Christian meetings places: Almost exclusively houses? London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark. 263 pp. $29.95. ISBN 9780567663146
Leonard's "A Sense Of The Heart: Christian Religious Experience In The United States" (Book Review), Linda Poston
Leonard's "A Sense Of The Heart: Christian Religious Experience In The United States" (Book Review), Linda Poston
The Christian Librarian
A review of Leonard, B. J. (2014). A sense of the heart: Christian religious experience in the United States. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press. 379 pp. $44.99. ISBN 9781426754906
Lost Prophets: Tertullian, Eusebius, Epiphanius, And Early Montanism, Brice Andrew Larson
Lost Prophets: Tertullian, Eusebius, Epiphanius, And Early Montanism, Brice Andrew Larson
Seminary Masters Theses
ABSTRACT The dearth of reliable primary source material on the New Prophecy has led to a proliferation of interpretations of the character of the movement. However, a careful examination of the New Prophecy’s preserved sayings, the writings of Tertullian, and the movement’s earliest critics preserved by Eusebius and Epiphanius reveal a movement steeped in the Christian tradition that came into conflict with other Christians because of their willingness to pay ministers and their passive understanding of the charisma of prophecy.
Irenaeus Of Lyons: A Defense Of Recapitulation, Mathew Thomas Hollen
Irenaeus Of Lyons: A Defense Of Recapitulation, Mathew Thomas Hollen
Seminary Masters Theses
Abstract This work sets out to explain the atonement theory of Irenaeus of Lyons. Irenaeus’ atonement theology is often described simply as “Christus Victor” but I argue that is simply a narrow sliver of the wider atonement theory of recapitulation. In this thesis I systematically try to expound what it is Irenaeus believed and why he believed it. In the first chapter I explain the problem at hand and a short biography of the bishop. In the second chapter I seek to summarize the Gnostic school of Valentinianism, which is the key opponent against Irenaeus writes in his best-known work …